| VERB | communication | lash out, attack, round, assail, snipe, assault | attack in speech or writing |
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| Meaning | attack in speech or writing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | attack, round, assail, snipe, assault | |
| Narrower | abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout | Use foul or abusive language towards |
| blister, scald, whip | subject to harsh criticism | |
| bombard, barrage | Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | |
| claw | attack as if with claws | |
| rip | criticize or abuse strongly and violently | |
| rubbish | attack strongly | |
| vitriol | subject to bitter verbal abuse | |
| whang | attack forcefully | |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
| Spanish | agredir, atacar | |
| Catalan | agredir, atacar | |
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